HS A 85: The United States After World War IIWeek #2: “From Hot to Cold War”

Tues. Feb. 6: “The Legacy of WWII”

Today’s lecture will focus on the impact of WWII on the domestic front; Thursday’s lecture will look at the US’s changing relationship to the rest of the world.

US wartime experience as a contest between the progressive vision of the New Deal to:• Enhance the federal government’s authority• Curb corporate power• Facilitate labor organizing• Incorporate ethnic, racial, and female populations into mainstream America

VS.

Return of the “Old Order” (pre-New Deal):• Revive power of private industry in economy and government• Rollback the New Deal politically• Foot drag on racial, ethnic, and female incorporation

Minneapolis Workers on Strike in 1946

“Rosie the Riveter”

“Double V” Campaign

Internment of the Japanese during WWII

Zoot Suit Riot, LA, 1943